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NewsDarwen’s evolution
IWA Architects has received planning consent for this development of 17 apartments and houses on a 0.25 ha site on the outskirts of Darwen in Lancashire.
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London prepares to make the best of Olympic failure
Councils draw up alternative masterplan for Lower Lea Valley for use if London fails to win 2012 games
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RIBA prize to include new emissions yardstick
THE RIBA is to judge entrants for this year’s sustainability award, part of the Stirling prize ceremony, against a new energy and emissions declaration scheme designed by Edge Group, an environmental body.
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NewsCABE lets public in to see design review in action
Architecture watchdog conducts public review of Levitt Bernstein’s Shrewsbury theatre and Farrell’s national park
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CommentSuch a waste
In terms of amount of work, construction is performing well – but look at the all-important productivity data and it’s clear resources are still being managed inefficiently
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FeaturesA sunny reception
Building’s annual meeting of politicians, peers and top executives at the House of Commons
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CommentWonders & blunders
Stuart MacDonald loves the 1960s and says we should reclaim its brutalist architecture from ham-fisted embellishments
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FeaturesA profession on the rise
Five years ago, project managers were regarded as pen-pushers – now they are seen as indispensable. So how much work is out there and who is winning the bulk of it?
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FeaturesTalking shop
Three young and thrusting managers at Bovis Lend Lease chat to Victoria Madine over coffee
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FeaturesHead first
Former headmistress Valerie Bragg has been a leading player in implementing Labour’s schools strategy. Here she tells us about why architecture doesn’t really matter – and how she got on with Norman Foster at the Bexley academy.
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NewsCrest Nicholson warns of ‘challenging’ market
Crest Nicholson, the housing regeneration specialist, has warned that the market remained “challenging” in the short term at least, and that it had not recovered from the pre-election slump in activity
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Shares fall after downbeat Wilson Bowden statement
Housing sector shares fell across the board on Tuesday after Wilson Bowden issued a very downbeat statement about the market ahead of its interim results.
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Fairbriar adds to gloom
Housebuilder Fairbriar painted a grim picture of the housing market last Friday when it announced a pre-tax loss of £800,000 for the six months to 31 March.
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NewsSharewatch - Big in Iran
Costain was the biggest winner among the construction and building materials sector last week.
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NewsLend Lease ready to motor now Crosby’s in the bag
Lend Lease boss spells out housing plans for regeneration specialist, as Berkeley’s shares rise after disposal
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CommentBeing Frank
Frank Lloyd Wright’s extraordinary Fallingwater is an object lesson for all architects in how to get the client to want what you want them to want